Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie — Trailer

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added: Wed, Apr 27th '16

British comedienne Jennifer Saunders is taking her act to the big screen with the upcoming comedy "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie," which sees Saunders reprising her beloved sitcom character as inspiring fashionista Edina Monsoon.

The film, also starring Joanna Lumley as Edina's best friend, Patsy Stone, finds the wacky twosome escaping to the French Riviera after being blamed for causing the accidental death of model Kate Moss.

Directed by veteran British TV helmer Mandie Fletcher (Blackadder) from a script penned by Saunders, the comedy is packed with star cameos that include Moss, Jon Hamm, Stella McCartney, Gwendoline Christie, Cara Delevingne, Kim Kardashian, Emma Bunton, and with appearances by Rebel Wilson, Dawn French, Celia Imrie, and Julia Sawalha.

"Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie" is due to open in the U.K. on July 1st with a U.S. release slated for July 22nd. Watch the film's trailer, above.

synopsis:
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!

 

directed by   Mandie Fletcher

starring   Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Jon Hamm, Kate Moss, Rebel Wilson, Dawn French, Celia Imrie, Julia Sawalha, Stella McCartney, Gwendoline Christie, Cara Delevingne, Kim Kardashian, Emma Bunton

release date   July 1, 2016 (UK), July 22, 2016 (US)